Gane language

Gane
Gane
Native to	Indonesia
Region	North Maluku
Native speakers	(2,900 cited 1982)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian Eastern Malayo-Polynesian South Halmahera–West New Guinea Raja Ampat–South Halmahera South Halmahera Southern Gane; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gzn
Glottolog	gane1237

Last updated November 26, 2025

Gane is an Austronesian language of southern Halmahera, Indonesia, spoken by the Gane people. There are estimated to be roughly 5800 native speakers of the language.^[2] It is closely related to the Taba language.^[3]

References

↑ Gane at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
↑ "Gane language resources | Joshua Project". joshuaproject.net. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
↑ Burhanuddin; Mahyuni; Sukri (2020). "Internal Innovations of Gane Language in South Halmahera, North Maluku A Historical Linguistics Study". In Nuria Haristiani; Yulianeta Yanty Wirza; Wawan Gunawan; Eri Kurniawan; Dante Darmawangsa; Ari Arifin Danuwijaya (eds.). Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2020). Atlantis Press. pp. 123–130. doi: 10.2991/assehr.k.201215.019 . ISBN 978-94-6239-303-5.

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[e25-1] Gane at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[2] "Gane language resources | Joshua Project". joshuaproject.net. Retrieved 2025-11-24.

[3] Burhanuddin; Mahyuni; Sukri (2020). "Internal Innovations of Gane Language in South Halmahera, North Maluku A Historical Linguistics Study". In Nuria Haristiani; Yulianeta Yanty Wirza; Wawan Gunawan; Eri Kurniawan; Dante Darmawangsa; Ari Arifin Danuwijaya (eds.). Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2020). Atlantis Press. pp. 123–130. doi: 10.2991/assehr.k.201215.019 . ISBN 978-94-6239-303-5.

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